We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 505.2K0316, certificate number 5168, the Folde Gap. Bold a

Gap was on my very earliest list of topics,

potential topics for an omnibus episode.

Like three years ago?

Three and a half years ago.

And then I went with the Darien Gap episode pretty early on.

And having done an episode on a gap, I felt like I couldn't follow up with another gap episode.

Either I had to do fold a gap next right after Darien Gap.

It's a theme.

Or leave the gap episodes, separate them by a year or two at least.

Would you say you left a gap? Did you have to leave a Darien gap gap?

I did. There's been a Gap episode gap in omnibus,

but I'm here to I'm here to fill that gap now

with the Flda Gap.

I would love you to fill my gap, John.

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